Dreaming In Cuban
World Premiere #68: from the Central Works Writers Workshop
a new adaptation by Cristina García of her celebrated novel
June 25-July 31, 2022 at Central Works Theater in Berkeley
Matriarch Celia del Pino (Mary Ann Rodgers, l) and her daughter Lourdes, an exile from Cuba (Anna Maria Luera, r), share a rare moment of intimacy.
Lt. Rojas (Steve Ortiz) leads the Cuban remedial militia.
Photos by Cheshire Isaacs.
Artist Pilar Puente (Thea Rodgers) and her new friend Max (Eric Esquivel-Gutierrez, r) bond over a mural she is painting in Brooklyn.
Felicia (Natalia Delgado, l) and her son Ivanito (Eric Esquivel-Gutierrez, r) eat a special treat as the ghost of her father Jorge looks on (Steve Ortiz, c.).
Photos by Cheshire Isaacs.
Press:
“A haunting, bittersweet, ethereal production” -Berkeleyside
“Dreaming In Cuban is fantastic…a moving and beautiful play” -TheatreStorm
“Best bet” … “beautifully and imaginatively conceived” -Theatre Eddys
“Haunting Reflection on La Revelución” -Theatrius
“A provocative theatrical piece that is nicely rendered with great sensitivity” -ForAllEvents
Jean Schiffman featured Dreaming in Cuban in the June edition of SF/Arts.